OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2712

lead

/liːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conducir • guiar • llevar
To guide or conduct.
a father leads a child
a jockey leads a horse with a halter
liderar • liderear • liderizar
To guide or conduct.
The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way.
The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
to lead a political party
to lead the search team
liderar
To begin, to be ahead.
1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way.
the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
ir a la cabeza • ir en cabeza
To begin, to be ahead.
The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed.
liderar
To begin, to be ahead.
It leads in the information technology sector.
comenzar • partir
To begin, to be ahead.
He led the ace of spades.
to lead trumps
ir a la cabeza • ir en cabeza • liderar
To begin, to be ahead.
ir a la cabeza • ir en cabeza • liderar
To begin, to be ahead.
conducir
To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua.
the path leads to the mill
acarrear • conducir a • hacer • llevar a • producir • resultar en
Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.